Improvement in fastenings for neck-ties



JOHN BACHELDER, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 100,250, dated March 1, 41870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the same I, JOHN BACHELDER,' of Norwich, county of New London, and State oi' Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Neck-Ties, of which the following is a, specification. i

My invention consists of an improved clamp for holding lthe supporting bond of :t neck-tie.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a, perspective' view of a, clamp embodying my invention in position to grip and hohl at supporting band or the ends of' :t tie Figure 2, the same with spring compressed, allowing bund or ends of tie to be passed through freely;

Figure 3, a front view of the sanne with shield .nttaohed, the front of the shield and a. portion ot' the spring having been removed; and

Figure 4, ai vertical longitudinal section parted :is indicated by the red lines x showing the :ti-rongement of materials as used in the construction ot' n tie with fixed pendants.

a is the spring, the ends of which ure secured tothe base plate b, and also to the Wide slotted loop o,

rl is the nnrowloop iuterloc-king'with the loop c.

e, the shield inclosing the whole mechanism, ond to which it is'atta-ehed by the eyelets ff.

The front ofthe shield in iig. 3 is removed in, order to show more clearly the manner of attaching the shield und the arrangement ofthe tie when both ends are held by the clamp.

When lixed pendant-s g are attached in the oonstruction of n tie, as seen in Iig. 4, one end ofthe support-ing bond h is also attached to thespring or shield and the other end passed around the neck und between the interlocking loops c end d.

When the spring is compressedby pressiugthe Shield between the thumb and finger ove-l' the pill'tinlosing the spring, the inner surfaces of the loops are sepornted, consequently freeing the baud or ends, and nl- 'lowing it or them to be adjusted or removed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Theyinterlocking loops c and d, operated by one v 

